2010 ColDay Series:

 

Part 1: Cincinnati, Columbus, & New York City

Part 2: Indianapolis, Detroit, & Cincinnati

Part 3: Bloomington, Indiana

Part 4: Smoky Chicago

Part 5: A New York Minute

Part 6: Cincinnati

Part 7: The Lake Erie Cities

Part 8: Toronto

Part 9: Hamilton

Part 10: The NFC East

Part 11: Louisville

Part 12: St. Louis

 

 

The home of Indiana University ain't bad!

 

Bloomington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodbye, from the capital...

 

I was pleasantly surprised. Reminded me a lot of Lexington, Ky., but both are college towns essentially.

#5 down--same architect as Orton Hall??

Nice looking college town!

thanks for these.  Within Indiana, bloomington is heralded as this amazing urban oasis.  The interesting thing is their bus ridership numbers is expected to eclispe Indy's soon.  That would be a huge embarassment for Indianapolis. 

Excellent! Bloomington is a delight, and it's easy to spend a lot of time just looking around the IU campus. They keep building, and the old buildings are kept up well, too. Visits there always bring back good memories.

 

thanks for these.  Within Indiana, bloomington is heralded as this amazing urban oasis.  The interesting thing is their bus ridership numbers is expected to eclispe Indy's soon.  That would be a huge embarassment for Indianapolis. 

 

Do you mean ridership on Campus Bus or on Bloomington Transit, or combined? They're separate entities so far, I think, but considering the squeeze that Indiana is putting on state university budgets, I expect to see them merged.

 

Student use of Campus Bus is covered in the student activity fee.

Great pictures!  I've been through there a couple of times myself.  I had a cousin go to college at IU in the 1980s, including their championship year of 1987.  One thing I've noticed is that Bloomington does not have a Walgreen's pharmacy according to their website; the pharmacy locator lists Bedford as the closest location.  Did the city keep it out?  I seem to remember reading elsewhere on this page that it kept Wal*Mart out for the longest time.  (According to my 2011 Rand McNally atlas there is a Wal*Mart and a Sam's Club on Highway 45.)

Never been! Great shots as always.

thanks for these. Within Indiana, bloomington is heralded as this amazing urban oasis. The interesting thing is their bus ridership numbers is expected to eclispe Indy's soon. That would be a huge embarassment for Indianapolis.

 

This evening I met the assistant general manager of Citilink, Fort Wayne's transit provider. Citilink and Bloomington Transit both are managed by McDonald Transit Associates, and she has worked in Bloomington. She said that BT tallied up 4 million rides last year, not including IU's Campus Bus system. That compares with approximately 2 million for Fort Wayne.

 

State funding is allocated based on ridership numbers, so Citilink is already in an unfavorable position compared with Bloomington, and if BT and Campus Bus merge, which quite a few people on the inside believe is likely, the ridership numbers will go through the roof, and the additional state money they get will be at the expense of other systems with lower numbers.

Not bad!